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- Subject: Re: Is 14" a 13" ???
- Message-ID: <ibhan.722277114@husc8>
- From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
- Date: 20 Nov 92 16:31:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.093058.2773@reed.edu>
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- wrowe@reed.edu (Wayne S. Rowe) writes:
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- >Ok, I have a weird one for you. So I just ordered and received a new Macintosh
- >IIvx system from the local educational institution of which I am enrolled.
- >Fine. I get the CPU, the hard drive, and a monitor. The monitor is supposed
- >to be one of Apple's new 14" Color Hi-Res Display. Now here's where I'm
- >confused: Upon actually measuring the inches diagonal of the monitor I find
- >the measure to be 13", _not_ 14". What does this mean? Is more than the
- >actual screen measured when specifying the screen size for monitors or some-
- >thing? Further investigation in the product's specs say:
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- >Picture Tube - 13-inch viewable diagonal
-
- >What gives? Did I get a 13" when I should've got a 14"?
-
- The monitor measurements are all bogus. Depending on how you measure your
- monitor (from which part of the monitor to which part), you can get 13" or
- 14". If your monitor has a power button the front, it's the new one.
-
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- -- Ishir Bhan (ibhan@husc.harvard.edu) --
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